Listmania

Why a listmania?

A relatively new trend has grown to a great extent and is taking a bigger part of our lifes for every day that passes by.
It appears almost everywhere, in bookshops, on TV and it is even among the top Google search results. It relates to almost everything in our everyday life. Travel destinations, books, recipes etcetera. The obsession of writing lists, listmania.

Before presenting the many reasons behind this phenomenon, I would like to distinguish between two types of lists; the one people write for personal use and the one people write with intention of sharing with others.

The "personal use" type has an obvious reason and purpose, in my opinion. For most people the list works as a reminder of some kind and the items are not written in certain order.

Also, it is harder to set a clear point for the second, I think, ranking is the key. It is in human nature to compare and compete with others; therefore, ranking would have a strong influence on people.

Another reason is strictly commercial. A list is easy to remember and it captures our attention quickly.

Although, its fun to know what, for example, "the most beautiful places in the world" are, I personally like to be critical to any kind of information.
On the basis of that I draw my own conclusions